Electrostatic painting is a term used to describe a special type of painting process based on electrostatic principles.  The concept was developed way back on March 6th, 1938 by a member of the Ransburg family who was involved in the making of pottery at that time.  The company needed a way to efficiently coat the metal stands that they used for their flowers and pottery.  This young man developed a system where an efficiently applied electric charge would be sent into liquid paint and a grounded charge applied to the object to be painted.  The theory was that the atomized and charged particles of paint would be attracted to the surface of the object by magnetic attraction and there should be little if any waste.

A demonstration was performed using a metal salt shaker.  The shaker was hung in front of a small spray gun, and when the spray was turned on for a few seconds, only one side was coated.  Then four fine wires were evenly spaced around the shaker and charged with electrical current while the shaker was appropriately grounded.  When the spray pattern was repeated, the shaker was coated evenly on all sides, top, and bottom.

This is the same principle that is embodied into today's modern electrostatic painting equipment.  A conventional spray paint application only applies paint to the surface directly in front of the paint gun.  An electrostatic paint gun wraps the material completely around the surface ensuring an even coat of uniform thickness. 

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